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Monday, September 26, 2011

Many diplomatic challenges ahead for Noda

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, Prime Minister Noda “faces a mountain of difficult tasks in which his diplomatic skills will be severely tested, including hard-to-accommodate demands from the United States.”

“His diplomatic debut was smooth, but tough times are coming,” said one official in the Japanese Foreign Ministry.